Comments on: Top 100 Children’s Novels (#15)http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/
A School Library Journal BlogThu, 24 May 2018 13:49:39 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.20By: Top 100: 2010 Picks for Best Children’s Novels (grades 3-8) : PragmaticMomhttp://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-15284
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:55:35 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-15284[…] to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson#14 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling#15 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo#16 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh#17 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli#18 […]
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Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:59:10 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2924Just adding to the trailer park list: Danny the Champion of the World.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:55:45 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2925Kate, that is a FABULOUS feature. Thank you for working on it and for sharing the link!
]]>By: Karen Wanghttp://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2926
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:30:29 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2926My first thought upon seeing this: YAY! If you don’t count each Harry Potter book separately — which, really, only a sadist would make you do (ahem) — then Winn-Dixie comes in at my #2 spot.

My second thought upon seeing this: Hmmm, I wonder what this confusing thing is that Betsy thinks is neat… OMG, Betsy found the old Winn-Dixie site on Scholastic.com that I worked on years ago! I’m still particularly proud of this feature, where Kate DiCamillo walks you through her writing process and you can download the first page of the book across five drafts and do a compare/contrast: http://www.scholastic.com/winndixie/story.htm

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:36:54 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2927I’m loving the Popeye and Elvis love on display here. It was, after all, one of the best books of 2009.
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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:24:05 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2928Seeing what’s gone, and what’s still available, I think I have the next 14 nailed.
]]>By: Destineehttp://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2929
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:18:13 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2929This was one of the first audiobooks I really loved. It’s narrated by Cherry Jones (who also does a great job with the Little House books).
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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:51:11 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2930I have been kicking myself and kicking myself for not putting this in my top 10. I’m glad it didn’t need my help to make it this high on the list.

And I agree 100% that everyone needs to read Popeye and Elvis!

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:34:19 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2931One more that was just outside of my 10. Thanks to everyone who included it.

EVERYONE should read Popeye and Elvis.

Waiting for Normal, to add to the homes on wheels (or blocks) list. Although not really what Betsy meant when she stated: “where kids live in trailers and their lives aren’t horrendous, horrible, and terrible”.

Rockinlibrarian, dog books are generally not my thing either, but since this is your exception I’m hoping it will be mine. My sense is it’s more about India Opal and her relationship with other people and the town changing, and the dog is the catalyst for that? As opposed to being primarily about the relationship between her and her dog.

Fuse, that map thing you linked to, with the noises in each building, is pretty cool. Now I want one for lots of other books!

As for books with characters living in mobile homes, Lynne Rae Perkins’s Home Lovely is another one with a positive portrayal of a girl living in a mobile home.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:25:42 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2937Woohoo! I was so worried early on when my titles weren’t making the list. I am loving the top 20 (so far) for obvious reasons!
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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:19:57 +0000http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/23/top-100-childrens-novels-15/#comment-2938Oh good, this was one on my list of Last Books to Make It that I THOUGHT would be lower than ten, but after yesterday I got really confused and didn’t know where to rank any of them anymore. This is a good ranking. It makes sense here.

For me and this book, personally, well, I usually don’t like animal books. Not horse books, like I said yesterday in the comments, and not dog books either. THIS, on the other hand, is the only dog book I have ever loved (let alone liked). If you don’t count the Bunnicula books.

…whoa, it just occurred to me. Has Bunnicula made the list yet? Hmm, awfully high– I’m not sure where the modern-day kid votes would put it. Anyway, tangent over…